Here was where Lacy must have come in.

He goes East occasionally, doesn't he ?" "Sure; come to think of it he was in New York 'bout three months ago on some cattle deal, an' I heard he had an agent there sellin' wildcat minin' stock.

There ain't no doubt in my mind but he knew some o' these fellers.

They wouldn't 'a' planned this unless they had some cache fixed out yere in this country--that's plain as a wart on the nose.

But whar is it?
I'll bet yer that if we ever find Cavendish, we'll find the girl along with him; an' what's more, that spot ain't liable ter be more'n fifty miles from Haskell." "What makes you think that ?" "'Cause this is Lacy's bailiwick, an' thar ain't no man knows this country better'n he does; he's rode it night and day for ten years, an' most o' the hangers-on in this camp get money out o' him one way er another--mostly another.